The Zebiantes' wench suddenly said.

'They want to build a house!'
Hmm?

　It was too sudden to convey my intentions, so I'll ask again, just to be sure.

'What do you want?'
He wants to build a house.

　I didn't mishear that.
　That's not very comforting to say.

...If you want to build it, why don't you build it?

　As much as he hates to admit it, Zeviantes is one of the Four Heavenly Kings.
　As a person who stands at the top of the Demon King's army, he's powerful and wealthy.

　You can afford to build a house or two.
　From the point of view of an ordinary person like me, I'm both envious and jealous...

　But from a different point of view, it's also a joyous occasion.

"So this means you're finally coming home, right?

　Building a new house means living there, and there must be a lot of preparations before that.
　For that reason, he must return to the demon territory once.

　It was kind of like Zeviantes was semi-settled in Lux Village, but that inexplicable situation was finally going to be turned around.

''What are you talking about?''

　My hopes were dashed.

'There's no way I'm going back, my life will start in earnest when my house is built here!
Huh?

　That answer made me think of a possibility.
I'm going to build a house," she said, "but do you mean to build a house?

You're going to build it in this LUX village?
It's off course.

　It's not natural!
　Why?　If you're a demon, and you want to build a house, wouldn't you build it in your home country, demon territory?

"Why here?

　Even though it's close to the border, this Lax village is still the domain of fine humans.
　Though I wouldn't recommend it for you to build a house there, if you're a demon.

That's what it means to live here in earnest.
"So that's what I thought!

　It's like they're just settling here incessantly!
　I've been busting my ass so much that I've finally started commuting to Lasperda Fortress recently.
　I've been secretly waiting for this momentum to 'when are you going to leave?' and I'm finally starting to get ready for a real settlement!

I've been thinking about this for a while now.

　Zebiantes said with her uncharacteristic auspiciousness up front.
　But if you're uncomfortable, I'd like you to leave the village itself.

The inhabitants are more distressed than grateful when I, a nobleman, stay in a commoner's house like this. It's like a bird that gets too close to the sun and gets burned up.
..........
It's gone!　Why did you hit me?

　I was just angry at the hubris.

I will build my own private mansion in this village, and I will live there!　I've hired a bunch of butlers and maids, and I want to feel at home in my own home!

　Then why don't you go home to your parents?

　Zebiantes, who is unable to understand such logic, started building his new mansion, feeling like he got it without my permission.

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　This Four Heavenly Kings, to say the least.
　Since he is the Four Heavenly Kings, he has a lot of gold to rot.

　He will replace gold, jewels, and other things that can be used as goods anywhere in the world with the money of the human race and hire carpenters to build with it.

''He's been interested in the way the human race builds houses for a long time.

　Thump thump thump thump thump sound of a wooden mallet.
　Xaviantez, watching over the construction site, said, "It's not like we're going to magically put it together.

It's not like we're going to put it all together in a hurry. It's all done by hand, and it's slow and sluggish. It's all slower and slower and slower, but that's what makes it worthwhile.

　In the Demon Territory, the closer you get to the capital city (Demon King's Castle), the more magic construction becomes the norm.
　They would manipulate and pile up the wood and stone with special earth magic for construction.

　The humans, who weren't able to do so, would cut out wood and stone with their own hands, process it, and build it up.
　With the addition of their master's skills, there are sophisticated buildings that cannot be seen in the demon territory....
　........it seems.

''I've always wanted to live in a place like that!　I was thinking that when I became the Four Heavenly Kings, I would rule the human race and enslave a lot of people with those kinds of skills, but it was a quick dream come true!
"How can you be so ambitious?

　She was a horrible woman.

　However, she didn't seem to care about the process as long as she got what she wanted, so she used her financial resources to build a mansion in the countryside village, which steadily grew and grew until it was finally completed.

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'It's done!

　Zebiantes is the most excited to see the finished product in front of him.
　A towering mansion.

　It's a magnificent structure like a nobleman's residence, and it was a first-class mansion in terms of scale and decoration.

　Until now, the most luxurious house in the village of Laxx was the mayor's house where I live, but naturally, it was more luxurious than that.
　It would feel out of place in a country village.

"Hey, Zevi. Are you really going to live here?
'I deserve it!　This is a mansion worthy of the noble me!

　The Zebiantes bastard was in a groove after all.

　This young lady is good to begin with, to say the least.
　And it's on a 'super' level.

　I'm sure it's because she was brought up so well that her magic power was refined to the point where she was selected as the Four Heavenly Kings, and I can't help but think that she's a different creature from us.

　The normal life for us may be stressful for this super young lady.
　Is that why they built such a luxurious mansion and moved here?

　No, rather than doing that, you could have just gone back to the demon territory.
　However.
　Anyway, Zebiantes built his own mansion in this village and moved here, and he no longer stays at my house, or the village chief's house.

　Our home will be quiet at last.
　But.........

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　Within a few days, Zebiantes started to stay at our house again.

'It's such a relief, just like my parents' house!
Why are you out here?

　You spent all that money to build a lavish house!

Because it's lonely out there. It's lonely out there with no one but me.
A butler or a maid or something?
We've recruited, but no one has come. Demons don't come from all over the world, and hiring and using humans is just too much work!

　Why hadn't the possibility been thought of before the house was built?

'I don't feel comfortable being alone in such a big place!　I'm so lonely alone!
I know!　I know, Zebi!

　Radey caught Zeviantes' loneliness, and they exchanged a tight embrace.
　I don't even feel like tsking anymore.

　.........
　Just like that.

　The luxurious mansion that Zeviantes had built became brilliantly useless.

　However, it was deemed too splendid to leave it as an abandoned building, so a meeting was held throughout the village with the permission of the builder Zeviantes.

　In order to decide on the effective use of the mansion.

　At one point, there was a proposal to turn the house into the new headman's house and have the entire village head family move in together.
　However, it was rejected because it would look too different from the other houses and would give the impression of an oppressive and corrupt village chief.

　In the end, it was decided that it would be better to use the house as an inn due to its large size and beautiful interior and exterior, and so the first high-class inn was opened in our village.

　I suppose you could call it a hotel.

　The mansion, built without a hint of money, was as luxurious as a nobleman's, and its rarity quickly gained a reputation as a place for people to stay in the village.

　A new specialty of our village was born unexpectedly.